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RANCHI: State human resource development minister Geetashree Oraon on Tuesday directed the principals of private schools to follow Right to Education Act, 2009, norms and enroll students belonging to below poverty line (BPL) families on 25% of their total seats.

Education is both a human right in itself and also an important means in realising other human rights. However, children living with disabilities are often denied their right to a quality education due to stigma and discrimination at multiple levels. In general, children with disabilities are less likely to start school and have lower rates of staying and being promoted in educational facilities.

MUMBAI: Only 1,791 of the 6,557 forms filled for Right To Education (RTE) online admissions have turned out to be valid. Earlier, more than 1,500 seats went unclaimed till May 5, the deadline for entry-level admissions. The total number of seats available across 309 schools was 8,234. A lottery for the 25% seats reserved will be held at 10am on May 13.

Despite the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) providing support to children with special needs under its Integrated Education for the Disabled scheme, a 13-year-old daughter of a labourer couple has been bereft of the facility. Unable to get Sumanpreet Kaur's mental disorder diagnosed or treated, her parents, residents of Jodhan village, have chained their daughter to 'manage' her seizures for the past three years.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL filed by NGO 'Naz Foundation' alleging that nearly 1.45 lakh HIV positive children were denied their legitimate dues under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Quoting National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) figures, NGO's counsel Anand Grover informed the court that nearly 1.45 lakh children were HIV positive and pointed to a disturbing trend in government and private schools which either deny them admission or segregate them from other children.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and all States on a writ petition for a directive that children living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS be not denied admission to, or expelled from, schools. A Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and J. Chelameswar also served notice on the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

New Delhi, March 3: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre, all states and Union territories and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to respond to a plea to stop schools from discriminating against HIV-positive students or children of afflicted parents. Such discrimination is widespread, the petition filed by the NGO Naz Foundation said, listing a series of incidents reported from states like Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, among others. Justices B.S. Chauhan and J.